Happy Easter to all, says Bollywood

As Easter celebrations unfold across the globe Bollywood celebrities took to twitter to extended their best wishes.

An elated Madhuri Dixit who is shooting for Soumik Sen's Gulaab Gang tweeted 'Happy Easter to all! Another eventful day unfolding on the Gulaab Gang set.'

Shilpa Shetty in full celebratory mood tweets, "Happy Easter to all my tweetos. My nieces are here from London waiting to pounce on the Easter eggs! Long (fattening) lunch spread today. Oh noo!"

And Bipasha Basu is, "Looking forward to yummy marzipan Easter eggs."

Neil Nitin Mukesh who is basking in the success of 3G revealed, "Always loved this day ever since I was a child. My mother used to take me to the church and then to buy the chocolate eggs. Happy Easter."

Other celebs twwwted their Easter greeting were Farhan Akhtar, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Shahid Kapur, Kailash Kher and Neha Dhupia.

IPL 6: Expensive Jennifer Lopez out, Pitbull in

India's Premier League dropped Hollywood pop diva Jennifer Lopez from performing at the opening ceremony of the sixth season of IPL due to her expensive demands. Jennifer Lopez demanded a private plane for her and her huge entourage and she too asked for hotel rooms for all those who are accompanying her including her stylists, assistants and chef.

The organizers said Jennifer’s demand to be outrageous. "The demands were outrageous. She effectively priced herself out of the event. It was idiotic because the audience for this event is huge," a source said.

However, her spokesperson denied the report and said that Jennifer Lopez has turned down the deal because of her prior commitments. They said she is busy recording an album. "She had turned down the deal because she was busy recording an album," said Lopez's spokesperson.

Last year, international singer Katy Perry dressed in Bollywood attire was roped in to perform and about 56 million people watched her performance.

Shahrukh Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment was given the responsibility to organize the grand event and King Khan has roped in international rap artist Pitbull to perform alongside Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone.

The inaugural ceremony will be held at Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata on April 2, 2013.

Probe launched into TV actor Mona Singh's MMS scandal Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mona-singh-mms-scandal-probe-launched-social-networking-sites/1/260057.html

The Mumbai police have launched an investigation into the complaint of TV actress Mona Singh against an obsceneMMS clip , morphed to look like her, that has gone viral on social networking sites.

The police have registered a case against unknown persons and are trying to trace the IP address of the computer from which the clip was uploaded.

Police suspect that the culprit(s) is someone known to the actor.

"We suspect involvement of some local elements and we are trying to trace the IP address of the computer from where it was uploaded," a police officer said. 

The case was lodged on Friday under the Information Technology Act.

Mona, who is reported to be close to model-turned-actor Vidyut Jamwal, said she did not suspect any acquaintance to be behind the "disgraceful act". 

The actress shot to fame with her role in serial Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin.

"It is completely disgraceful that someone on the web can go to the extent of morphing my face onto someone else's body to create a sensational video. We are hoping to find the culprit," she said.

Read more at:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mona-singh-mms-scandal-probe-launched-social-networking-sites/1/260057.html

IPL opening ceremony organisers cancel Jennifer Lopez's act

The 43-year-old — whose unending list of demands included a private plane and dozens of hotel rooms for her huge entourage, including her stylists, assistants and chef — has instead been replaced by rapper Pitbull for Tuesday’s event in Kolkata which will also see Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif perform, according to a report in The Sun.

Jennifer Lopez performs at the Rod Laver Arena last year. Pic/Getty Images.

A source privy to the list told the British tabloid: “The demands were outrageous. She effectively priced herself out of the event. It was idiotic because the audience for this event is huge.”

However, Lopez’s spokesperson claimed that it was the singer who turned down the lucrative deal to perform for nearly 60 million viewers because she was busy recording an album.

Meanwhile, the story on The Sun’s website attracted a huge response with several readers ridiculing the singer-actress. “The funniest part of all this is this over-rated, over-produced, auto tuned average talent has started to believe her own PR nonsense! Her albums are laughable if you could stand more that a few minutes of the tripe!” a reader called ‘CarlRobbins’ commented.

‘Chimpychops’ said, “Same old story: they all start from nothing, get famous and totally lose the plot. They all become divas and think they are gods.” ‘The-man-is-here’ wondered, “Why negotiate your greedy demands if you are busy with recording a new album? Face it, you are too greedy and a liar

Real eunuchs dance in Kangna’s reel wedding

Kangna Ranaut

Recently a funny incident happened on the sets of the film Queen starring Kangna Ranaut and Raj Kumar Yadav. 

The whole unit was gearing up for shooting a wedding scene. The decor was being done up with flowers and things alike. Nearby some eunuchs heard the sounds of shehnai and saw some baraatis entering the wedding scene. They thought that it was a real wedding so they landed up there and started dancing. Everyone on the set was hassled as to what was happening. 

Eventually, the unit came to know the reason the eunuch had come in. "The entire set and all the arrangements looked very real .The entire unit had a good laugh over it", says a unit-hand. 

Thereafter the director of the film Vikas Bahl came up with an impromptu idea of incorporating the eunuchs in the song. In northern India it is very common of eunuchs to dance at weddings. The unit approached the eunuchs and informed them that it's not a wedding but a shoot set-up. Subsequently they convinced them to be a part of their shoot.

I would love to work with Salman Khan, says Aamir Khan

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan says he would love to do a film with Salman Khan, if they find the right script.

The two multi-talented actors were seen in popular comedy ‘Andaz Apna Apna’.

"I would love to work with Salman. `Andaz Apna Apna` is one of my favourite films as well. He is a great person to work with. If we come across a script then we will be happy to do it," Aamir told reporters at an event to felicitate the winners of ‘Talaash’ contest here Saturday.

The actor, currently shooting for Rajkumar Hirani`s ‘P.K’, will also be seen in ‘Dhoom 3’ which will be out during Christmas. Aamir is also busy with the second season of ‘Satyamev Jayate’.

The actor said that he doesn`t pre-decide the kind of films he wants to do.

"I don`t pre-decide what kind of film I want to do. I go through scripts and see if there is something exciting," he said.

The actor who is known as "Mr Perfectionist" said that he doesn`t feel he is perfect.

"I feel that there is no such thing as perfection in a creative field like cinema. We are all artistes who are expressing ourselves in a different way. I do consider myself as someone who is extremely passionate. I enjoy my work and really throw myself into it and achieve that perfection," he said.

Aamir, who has given some super hit films like ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘Taare Zameen Par’, said that he doesn`t have a secret to his success.

"I am not aware of why I have been successful so far. I don`t think so much. I do work which excites me and not work which is considered to have potential for blockbusters. I am not even thinking about that. I want to enjoy my work and challenge and surprise myself," he said.

About a sequel to "3 Idiots", he said that there were no such plans at the moment.

"No I don`t think there was any such plans. I am doing `P.K.` at the moment," he said.

IANS

Dharmendra: My heart weeps for Sanjay Dutt

Dharmendra said that Sanjay Dutt is like his son

Legendary Bollywood actor Dharmendra on Saturday said his "heart weeps" for actor Sanjay Dutt, who was sentenced to five years in jail by the Supreme Court on March 21 for illegal arms possession during the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.

"He is like my son. I grieve for every person who commits a mistake and gets punished for it. When it happens to a family member, my heart weeps," the actor said at a media conference at the PVR Cinemas, Avani Riverside mall in Howrah.

"The film industry is our small family and Sanjay Dutt is like my son. Law will take its course, and I pray that my son Sanju is released fast," he said.

The actor, best known for films like Sholay and Satyakam, was in Kolkata to promote his forthcoming film, Sangeeth Sivan's comedy drama Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 - a sequel to the original.

Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, slated to release on June 7, stars Dharmendra with his sons Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol in the lead. Giving them company on-screen are leading ladies Neha Sharma and debutant Christina Akheeva